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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

side in order to avoid collision. Marion
was SO deadly pale that sprang up and
came to the edge of the dancing area in
alarm. The train of her dress slipped
from her hand, and before Jack knew
Il. the two were bound together by its
! folds in such d way that none but the
most expert dancer could have saved
shem. Alas, Jack, if no novice, was
more than out of practice; half a turn
MORE, and both fell, luckily near the
seated couples, but so that Marion struck
1eayily on the floor and chair. Jack
was still more helpless, for his head
:ame thud against another chair, and he
ay still.
looked to see Harry rush forward to
3ick Marion up, but he seemed reader
20 run away. He was furious at this
Flemish on his cotillion. / expected to
near Marion call his name or that of Jack,
Tor, in moments of fright and danger, is
t not natural that affection should reveal
tself2 Instead of that, it was my name
Marion called. and. obedient to the sum-
mons, she was in my arms and hurried
nto the ladies' dressing room before half
.he room knew that anybody had been
aurt. In the hustle incident on bringing
lack to his senses the fall of Marion was
almost unnoticed.
Invent the other day to Marion's wed.
ling, rather giddy in mind, but hope
always as a philosopher. 1 could not
1elp smiling underneath my face to re-
member Harry's look few days after
hat ball, when he came into ''Ders, as
:he gnomes of society call the restaurant
If the swell mob. l regret to say that
Jack had got in some pretty work ON the
'aultless face, in vulgar truth had maulcd
poor Harry in most brutal fashion with
ais fists, and Harry thought that nobody
sould perceive the traces Of that Homeric
encounter.
Turning at the altar see both of them
behind me, reconciled, and turning back
lgain, l listen in dazed way to the
,lergymen, and awake to find myself in
iome inexplicabie way. and by paths of
which to this moment can give no lucid
explanation = Marions husband. .-MeU
York Times.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

In a recent article Commander Fl. C.
Taylor, the we'll known authority on ma
val affairs, has made some interesting
statements in regard to the needs OF
New York harbor from a commercial
point of view. The complaint that, de-
spite the superiority of the harbor in
every other respect, its entrance is OBJ
structed by bars and sand banks, and it;
channels are narrow and shallow, and
except at certain conditions of tide are
unavigable by the heavier class Of ocean
steamers. is familiar 10 every one. A
great many different plans have been
suggested for remedying this evil, but
none Of them seem to have found favor,
either on account of their expensiveness,
or the uncertainty as TO whether they
will be of any permanent value. Com
mander Taylor is OF the opinion that ii
any thing is done in this direction
the growing demands of commerce OBJ
viously require that something shall be
done-it will be necessary to make a
careful survey of the harbor, by way OF
preparation, before any definite policy
can be determined upon.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05
Maladies of Gagged Birds.

The melancholy part of the study of
Gagged birds is the abundance of diseases
to which they are liable. Especially dur
ing the winter and the early spring the
pathetic little captives are apt to suffer
and die in way which makes the very
fact of their captivity reproach. After
examining the grisly catalogue of their
complaints, we have come to the conclu-
sion that the excessive dullness of their
lives in cages drives them to the only in
dulgence which is possible to them, that
of overeating themselves. The excited
bird which falls from its perch, in the
middle of burst of song, smitten with
apoplexy; the hot and lumpy bird which
is victim to hepatitis; the corpulent bird
whose figure no dandelion leaves or Ep-
som salts will reduce; the epileptic bird
that drags on existence by slipping tine
ture of lobelia and drops of castor oil,
all these melancholy invalids would have
escaped their sad condition If they could
have resisted the tempting hempseed
and the luscious milksop. But how are
they TO drag life through their long mo-
notonous daysl In the utter insipidity
of aviary existence the open and mex
haustible box of food decoys shsm like a
vice, and they succumb to temptation, as
Nine. Bovary did, from sheer unmitiga-
ted ennul. Sometimes, in the later stages
of decline, all reticence is thrown aside,
and the unfortunate songster sits all day
long at the feeding trough, shelling and
throwing aside the food that 1t positive
ly cannot swallow, and yet must be
handling. In these sad cases live spi-
der is sometimes found beneficial, as for
hysterical human patients the family
doctor may recommend pantomime or
fancy ball. We cannot but think that
more study might with advantage be
given to the question of the food Of
Gagged birds, since this seems to be the
difficulty upon which their management
always strikes. II is curious that bird
fanciers persist in feeding their charges
with hempseed, probably because the IL
responsible little wretches gobble it up
with so much greediness. But this is
no more a reason for giving it to them
than the fact that children like maca-
rooms would be a reason for feeding
them daily upon this indigestil'le dain-
ty. Birds require at least as much care
as children in selecting for them, not
what they prefer, but what is best.
urday Refiep.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

A report has been returned by the
Government relative to the amount oi
forests consumed in this country to sup
ply railroad ties. We have at present
$50, coo miles of railroad and the report
IS based upon the return from 63 pei
cent of the roads. From this report we
fnl that, allowing the ties to be renewed
once in seven years, there will be re-
quired for this purpose and for the sup
ply Of new roads from year to year, the
timber from 56s.sl4 acres. As thirty
years will be necessary to renew the
growth, we must set aside as ra'lToad
reserve tract Of woodland embracing
1891, ,42O acres TO supply the necessary
timber for ties-or an area larger than
Vermont. New Hampshire and Massa.
chusetts combined.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05
AntInnItr Of GIIngerhread.

!. will surprise housekeepers to learn
that onr homely everyday luxury-gin-
gerbread--has been used since the four
tee century. 1t was made then and
sod in Paris-so Monteil affirms in his
"Histoirc des Francais." 1t was then
prepare with rye-me.l, made into a
do Igh, and ginger and other spices, with
sugar or honey. were kneaded into 1t. II
was introduced into England by the
court of Henry w. for their festivals,
and soon brought into general use. Since
then it has retained its popularity and
contributed much to the pleasures and
enjoyments Of young and old. A great
change, of course, was after a while made
in its compost OF. and particularly after
it was introduced into this country.
Honey, being more expensive than mo-
lasscs, was less used, and the darker color
hidden under some other ingredient, or
gilded. 'To take the gilt of the gin.
gerbread. " was common proverb, and
in the old country booths, glittering
with their rude devices in gingerbread.
are still seen in many country towns to
this day.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05
ApowN THE STREAM.

The sunbeams gid the purple stream,
The bubbles float upon its breast;
The landscape in peaceful dream
Seems sleeping in soothing rest.
The tall, gaunt pines adorn the cliff,
Appearing like fortress brown,
While she and in gladness drift
Beyond the noises of the town.
Fair clouds of beauty slowly float
Above us like snowy shroud,
And hide in shade our little boat,
As tears are hidden from crowd
The shores grow DINNER to the sight,
The woodlands wear their plumes unfuried,
And silent shadows Of the night
Descend upon restless world.
IT'S then we whisper. soft and low,
The sacred love-words from the heart;
The joys and pleasures we would know
Together in the halls of art.
'Tis then that gladness steals around
Upon US while the star gems gleam,
'Iis then, when Love is shadow-crowned,
We drift adown the purple stream.
H. Carleton Tripp, in the Current
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Chinese Theology.

Hung Lung, who keeps palatial dive
on st. Clair street, grew quite eloquent
last evening as he unfolded to reporter
the plan of Chinese theology. He said
that the Chinese world was not created
all at once, but was made in sections,
China being the original structure. and
all mankind being composed originally
of Cinnamon. At first few stars were
sprinkled aloft, and they were pleasing
to the Cinnamon. Then a bang-up sky
was stretched across and the moon and
sun we're swung into place.
By the time this had been arranged it
was discovered that there were some
wicked men IN the kingdom and they
were, to use Hung Lungs picturesque
idiom, fired out, pletty quick"
Three or four hundred Of the gods had
a primary meeting one evening and de
cided TO give them little country by
themselves. Other backsliders were sent
to join them from time to time, and in
this way the inhabitants Of the world
outside OF China came to overshadow
their original forefathers. - Toledo Blade
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

'fhe Pension Office has prepared cir
ouar showing who are entitled to the
benefits OF the Mexican Pension Act,
which is now in force. A copy Of the
circular will be sent TO any one on appli-
cation. The Commissioner of Pensions
has been re Giving daily bushels of let
ters from those who think themselves
entitled to pensions under the act. In
order to settle all doubt as 10 who arc
so entitled General Elack has embodied
in the circular the portions Of the act
which indicate who to enjoy the
benefits, with explanatory remarks cal
culated TO make tuch sections clear. He
announces that only soldiers Of the Mex
ican war who served sixty days and are
now sixty-two years Of age can secure q
pension unless they can prove disability
or dependence. The widow OF such
soldier is also barred from the benefits Of
the act unless she has reached sixty-two
years. or is dependent upon others for
her support. The Commissioner also
informs the surviving officers Of the war
that the act place, them on the same
footing with the soldiers. and they only
receive pensions upon the same condi-
tions. The amount Of pens on can In no
case be greater than eight dollars per
month.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

The number of applications for
patents in the United States, with our
60 OoO, 600 inhabitants, last year, was
81, 797, while in Great Britain and Ire
and, with a population of about 40, 900, :
900, the number of applications was II, :
1862, which makes the ratio of ingenuity
not very different in the English-speak-
ing countries. France comes next on
the list, judging by the number of ap-
plications for patents, and Germany
stands next to France.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05
Real diamonds have been produced

Real diamonds have been produced
artifcially in Scotland, but were too
small and expensive to be n commercial
success. Paste limitations have been so
perfected by French chemists that they
serve the decorative purpose Of the geu-
uine stones, and can only be detected by
the test of hardness. Artificial rubies
and sapphires have the same composition
as the natural minerals, and nearly equal
hardness.
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Charlotte Messenger
Is PUBLISHED
Every Saturday,
AT
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

In the Interests of the colored People
of the Country.
Able and wellknown writers will contrib
ute TO its columns from different parts of the
country, and it win contain the latest Ge,
eral News of the day.
TIE MESSENGER is first-class newsnaner
and will not allow personal abuse in its col.
urnns. 1t is not sectarlan or partisan, but
independent-dealing fairly by all. II re-
serves the right TO criticise the shortcomings
Of all public officials commenting the
worthy, and recommending for election such
men as in its opinion are best suited to serve
the interests of the people
1t is intended to supply the long felt need
Of a newspaper to advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro American,
especially in the Piedmont section of the
Carolinas.
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Queen Victoria will receive a Jubilee
address from the thirty or more survi-
gors ,, OF the famous Light Brigade Of
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05

Queen Victoria assembled the throne at
the death Of her uncle. King William
", June 20, 1887. and was crowned at
Westminster Abbey, June 2e, 1888.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-05
AIMS.

Aim WE'LL
No time is lost by care.
Haste fails Bewarel Beware
A true aim wins, then dare
Make each aim tell.
Aim high
No shaft is e'er misspent
Which, aimed with true intent,
Strikes near the mark. Well meant
Is victory
'-WdlterA A. Leess, in Youths Companion.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS /:
tAlwoys IN Adrancc.y

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-12
Talmage in the Pulpit.

Parson Talmage resorts continually
to the actors device of pointing to i'm
aginary objects, as if the audience could
see the feature of the picture formed in
his own mind. In all his GESTURES and
movements he is awkward as can be,
and the spectator is irTeSiStibly reminded
of the caricatures ofTalmage in the comic
papers. One is also reminded of Henry
Irving in the way DR.. Talmage uses his
left leg. When approaching climax
he puts his left foot somewhat forward.
pats the floor with it, bends his knee
while retaining his weight on the right
leg, and he winds up by giving the floor
a vigorous stamp. In one of his re-
cent sermons the final sentence was
religious eXhOrtatiOn. 1t called upon the
veterans to follow the flagship of God.
whose commander, Jesus Christ, was in
the Shrouds reckoning on to that haven
where all the faithful would join in a
great hoZanpa. He worked up to the
last word in the way just described,
holding his hands in the air and raising
them a little at time until they were
as far above his head as he could reach.
The word "hoZanna' was repeated in
this attitude with great deliberatiOn and
force, the preacher keeping his eyes al
most closed and fixed on the ceiling, and
remaining thus, posed for a full half
minute after uttering the final word.
He then turned and went to the stand,
where he found his hymn book and
glasses and proceeded to read the clos
ing hymn. His sermons are frequently
interrupted by applause.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-12
STAGE AND LOBBY.

However much actors may quarrel,
they generally have to ''make up" be-
fore they come upon the stage.-BoSton
Bulletin.
Robert Buchanan says the greatest
living actors are to be found in America.
but if he thinks Americans are going to
stop everything else and start out on a
hunt for them he is Observation-Disclosures
World.
The theatrical season is over now and
the man who has had to sit it out since
September is not sorry for it. He can
now go out evenings without people SuS-
pecting that he has been after a Glove
Fall River Advance.
Theater-goerS may reasonably expect
to enjoy the performances next season.
The high hat for ladies is going out of
style. But we shall not breathe easy
until we know that the broad brim is
not coming in again.--BOStOn Post.
An amateur wrote to the manager of
a firSt-claSS theater, asking if there was
an opening OH his stage for young ac-
tor. When he received the reply that
there were several and if he chose he
could be dropped through any one OF all
of them," the Stage-Ssruck youth lost
his aSpirationS.--HartfOrd Sunday
Journal.
A short coffee crop is reported, 1t Is
to be hoped, in the interest of suffering
humanity, that there will be enough Of
the berry 1.-THE market to supply those
gentleman suffering from the coffee
habit who are unable to sit through a
theatrical performance without running
three or four times In search OF SlSteH-
ance.--Bost0n Transcript.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-12
DISCOVERED BY A DREAM
A Missing Mans Whereabouts
Made Known to the Woman Who

Mtue hnOWn to the w oman Who
Loved Him.
FIVE years ago Lawrence Haverling
disappeared from his home in Balti-
more, and it became generally believed
that he had committed suicide. Before
Hayerling disappeared letters had come
to his home addressed to him in what
appeared to be a female hand. The old
couple spent all the money they could
raise in paying detective agencies to
hunt their boy, but all efforts proved
futile.
a rev weeks ago young and we'll
dressed woman called upon the old lady
and asked if she was the mother of Law
renee Haverling. The stranger said
her home was in Alexandria, Va, that
she was the writer of the let
tiers young Haverling received before
his disappearance, and that she had
loved him madly while she was the wife
of another man. Then she told the
mother that her husband, whom she
never loved, soon began ill-treating her,
and she hailed as a great relief the time
to go with him and they parted in anger.
When she first met Lawrence Haverling
she was employed in a photograph gal
lery in Washington. She was intro
duced to Haverling by her maiden name
and she soon found herself accepting
his attentions. She knew that he loved
her. In one of his letters he asked her
to be his wife. Then she realized the
enormity of her sin and finally sat down
and wrote him confession of how she
had deceived him. Soon after that she
learned of his mysterious disappear
ance, but was afraid to make known her
knowledge of the affair. a year after
his disappearance her husband died in
Panama. Then she thought of coming
to Baltimore, searching out his parents
and telling them the story of her unfor-
tunate love, but through fear of their
anger and of the exposure she again de-
sisted.
ltremained for dream to force her to
do what she had not the courage to
undertake before. She then told the
missing mans mother how she dreamed
that Lawrence was still alive and In the
village of Sprague River, Or, and that
he still loved her. Mrs. Haverling was
shocked by the young wOman'S story,
and was at first inclined to doubt it.
The woman insisted, however. that she
believed her dream to have revealed the
location OF the missing man. Mr.. Haver-
/ ling wrote to the postmaster of the
Town ana also telegrapned TO the nearest
telegraph station to Sprague River. He
received an answer to the letter in his
|tsOn's handwriting. The young man
wrote that he had believed his parents
dead, as he had written to them, but his
letters had evidently miscarried. The
information that the woman he loved
was now widow has awakened his old
loYe. for her and he writes that he will
come East in q short time. From a
this strange love story comes the report
that the widow has recently inherited a
snug sum from the uncle who compelled
her to marry the man she did not love,
and which little fortune the man she
does love will now help her to enjoy.
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rdson, Robert C. Wight and W. j. Ro-

ardson, Robert C. Wight and W. j.. Ro-
mans.
c. A. Severance save a dinner party
Sunday III honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
nest l.. Zeis and Miss Lucille Zeis, Bos-
ton: Miss Blanche Viola Smith, Walter
G. Barnwell and \. S. Willoughbe, of
st. Paul.
The following guests inscribed their
names on the MatoSka register during
the past week: Edwin SweetZer, l.. ID.
Ross. {. E. Stone, j. NJ. Welsh, E. a.
Hendrickson, Il. w. Eager. W. f. Hef-
ferman, Frank ID. Blakely, Mrs. Arthur
Jones. o. b. Stanton, Wilbur Manghan
and George c. Mott, st. Paul, and A.
y. Hopkins, Minneapolis.
ALONG TIE SHORE.
The following visitors registered at
ing the week: j. II. Hirst, George II.
Hammer, Miss Martin, &. f. Klinker-
fues, St Paul; II. Snyder, Chicago; E.
}. Stanton, Montreal; 7. \. Shirley,
Toronto, Can; Miss Katie E. Mcbride,
st. Paul; Henry Smith, San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Bartram, Misses
May Allie, Lizzie Reed, Eta Meyers
and MesSrS. Harry Wack and DR.. Henry
Bryant were among the ''LakeVleW"
camp visitors Sunday last.
The Chateaugay hotel will commence
a series of Thursday evening hops, the
initial number of which will take place
about the first of next month.
Cornelius Riley and family, of St.
Paul. have leased one of the Leip cot
tageS for the summer and will take pos
session Wednesday next.
William Patterson, of Muncie. Ind.
arrived at the Williams house WedneS-
day, where he will officiate as clerk the
balance of the summer.
QThe Episcopal church of ''St. Johns
in the Wilderness" at White Bear, will
picnic on Leip'S grounds week from
Thursday.
II. Ogden and family, of st. Paul +,
have taken up their residence at the
lake in their cottage north of the bridge.
Mrs. o. NJ. Towner and daughter, of
st. Paul. have engaged quarters at the
Lakeside cottage for the summer.
a cricket game between st. Paul and
Minneapolis teams at Leip'S park is one
of the attractions of to-day.
W. f. Smith and J. II. Hirst have
erected a tent on the lake shore near
the Williams house.
The bath house at Leip's has been
completed. and will be thrown open to
the public to-day.
Judge d. A. Dickinson and family, of
st. Paul, are at Mrs. brakes cottage for
few days.
The Columbia orchestra, from Mime
apolis, visited the lake Sunday and dined
at Leip's.
DR.. Pratt and family, of Saltwater,
| have leased Mrs. HoSpeS' cottage for the
season.
Mr.. Hart and family are the guests of
Mrs. l.. n. Scott at the latter's cottage.
W. a. Perry, wife and son are at the
Lakeside cottage for the summer.
j. w. McClung and family will occupy
| their lake cottage this week.
John MatheiS and family are domi-
ciled in their summer home.
MeSSrS. HeWSon and Bradt, of st. Paul,
are tenting at MahtOmedi.
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peared to be thoroughly well satisfied,
though he was far from being so in
reality. The Goulds have made no
attempt to enter society, but the head
OF the house was DESTROYS that his
son should make good alliance,
not OF money, but for birth and social
position, and though they are out of
society, he very well knew that when
iiGeorge went a-wooing there were few
'gatrlclah mothers who would not parley
with sutton who knocked with golden
fknQcker. Though Gould does not hunt
'tlle apartments Of young bachelors, he
= have known the style of photograph
or MS daughter-in-law that is to be seen
o0n their walls, and did not altogether
, rel the idea of substituting her for
the possible KnickerbOckereSs. Edith
J. Gould, however, knows that she has
done well, and is devoted and exem-
plary wife. She has all the social ambi-
lions that the rest of the family lack,
land 1t is said that she means next season
to make an effort for recognition.
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Dutch Etiquette.
ChicacO Times

ChICHSO IILfGS.
In Holland an unmarried lady alwa VS.
takes the right arm of her escort, while
the married one selects the left side of
her husband. SO deeply has the custom
entered into the life of the Hollanders
that at church wedding the bride en-
tiers the edifice On the right side of the
groom, the wife returning on the left
side of her husband after the ceremony
has been performed. No unmarried
lady in that country can dream of going
to church, concert or any other place of
public assemblage without the escort of
her parents or male members of the
family. She cannot take walk, pay q
visit or go shopping unaccompanfed by
her mother or some married lady friend.